Improvement in wool-oiling appabatus for oardfflg-engines



` Pr. C. KIRK su M. PBrIDElGAST.` WOOL OILING APPARATUS FOR 'GARDINGENGINBS.-

Nofoa. ,Patented 1360.11; 1866.*

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r. o. KIRK AND M. PENDERGAST, or LAWRENCE, lMiissfAcHUlsETTS."

' Leners Pamela. 60,386, daad Damian, 1866.

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ro ALL WHoM. 1T MAY ooNoEnNz` Be it known that we, PARKER C. KIRK and'Mrcnisnt PEirnEnGAsr, b oth. of Lawrence, the` county of` i Essex, andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain improvements-in Apparatusfor Oiling Wool, of whichl the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making ifpart of this specification, in which- 1 Figurel isa perspective view ofa wool-oiling'apparatus containing our improvements and applied to the;

.apron of a cardiug machine.

' Figure 2 is a transverse verticalsection through the same..

` Figure 3 lisa rearE elevation of the mechanism by which the reservoiris caused` to move back and forthlover i thc feed apron. i

Figures 4 and 5,V details to be referred to.

`In the preparation of wool for carding it is necessary that alubricating substance be evenly and uniformly distributed throughoutits' fibres to facilitate the drawing out or cai-ding. operation.Various attempts have been r madepto effect this object, but 'theyhaveproved. to I be only approximately successful. Our `invention relates iparticularly to certain improvements in apparatus for oiling wool, forwhich letters patent of `the United States have been granted to WILLIAMH. SALIsBURY. By his method the supply of oil from a travellingreservoirwas regulated by means of a., tube provided with. cocks, whichwereoperated by hand, which was .objectionable .for

the `following reasons: It was necessary for'the person in charge of`the oil reservoir to openthe-.upper cock Lto 'determine and regulatethe supply of oil to be fed upon the wool, while the lowercockjwas leftto theicai'ioA of the attendant, who was expected to open it whenthemachine started, and to close it when the machine stopped. YAs,how-ever, it is impossible for the attendant to bevnear the reservoir atalltimes,the'lower` cock wasfrequently`V i not opened on the starting ofthe machine, and'no `oil flowed upon the woolas it was fedfalong bytheapl'omfj' i while lhe cock wasoften left open after the machine stoppedand the oil continued to owon the wool,`thereby occasioning aconsiderable waste. Besides the uncertainty of the attendant regulatingthe lowercock and 'they i inconvenience of doing it by` hand, it wasfrequently found that afterthe upper `cock had remained xed in oneposition foi-"some time, sucientvsediment would accumulate within` `itto entirely obstruct .the passage in the tube and prevent the ow of theoil therefrom. To remove the above-mentioned diiculties is theobjectoffour. 1 invention, which consists in operating` the supply-cocks of awool-oiling apparatus' bythe travelling motionof i the reservoir, one ofvthe cocks beingopen while the other is closed, whereby the `time of theattendant isfnot occupied, and thc danger of waste-occasioned'by leavingthe regulation of the cocks to him is avoided.` Our -invention `alsoconsists 'in certain devices connectcd'rwith thereservoir, which will bementioned hereafter. To enable othersskilled inthe artto-understand anduso ouiinvention, wewill proceed todescribe theV manner in which-w have,carried it out. 4 Y Y l In`the', said drawings, A is an endless feedapron,v stretched over the `rolls B, l'which have `theirbearings` in theframework of apar-ding engine, a pulley, 'C,.bein`g secured to one oftherolls fox` communicating the motive power thereto. To the upper sideof thc framework are secured thevo'rtical standards,` a,`to\the upperends of which are fastened the extremities `of a bar, D, which`cxtendslongitudinally aboveand across the apron, and is provided with grooves,b, in which slide projections, c, formed on the upper and lower platesof thecarriage E, to whichis sccurcdthe receptacle F fot-,containing thelubricatingsubstance. The mechanism bywhich the reservoir F is caused tornove' back Aand' forth on the bari` over the apron, will no w bcdescribed. In suitable i bearings, ol, projecting from near the ends-ofthe longitudinal bar l) rests a shaft'oreylinder, G, having wright and'loft-handedscrew cut thereon, forming grooves Onchanncls, e f, in whichitsa' dog, g, (of the form seen in tigs,f2 and 3,) the front of the dogbeing curved to fit and run'- on .the spiral path described by thcgrooves e' f,

while .the back of the dog is perforated for thoI reception Aof thesmooth endlofa pin l1, which fits loosely therein;` the portionof thepin near its headrbeing provided with @screw-thread, which iits acorresponding thread in the bent portion of thecarriage by whichconstruction the dog 'is allowed tovibrate as requiredpto conform to theinclination of the grooves e and move the .reservoir hack and'forth onthe bar 'ovcrgthelapfou. Ono,` extremity of thc screw-shaft is turneddown and provided with pulley`H,l`which is Udrivonpby afb'elt over thepulley C. Through the bottom of the reservoir' and the upper portion ofthe carriage on which it rests, proceeds the tube', provided with twococks, j c, of the form' ordinarily employediu gas tubing, (see fig.2.)v

The spindles of these cocks project outside the tube z', and haveattached to them pinionsfl m, which gear into each otherrwhile the'lowerpinion m engages .with a, rack I, which extends logitudinally across themachine, the ends of tlie rack being supported by side pieces or cleats,J, wliiciialso serve as guides for the 4passage of the wool uponthe-apron. The cocks j k are so arranged that one -of them is alwaysopen while the other is closed; and as the motion of thereservoiroperates-themboth, a simple andreliable `means is produced by,which the l supply of oil is automatically let on the wool at theinstant the reservoir vcommen cesto travel, while'the supply isimmediately shut o` when the reservoir stops. vK is'va pipe whichcommunicates with the. passage in the tube z' between the two cocks, andis for the purposeof vadmitting air thereto, to give the necessary ventforeausing the oil to iiow therefrom; Ithe upper end of thispipe beingwholly or partially opened byoperating the cock n,

by-wh'ich-meanjs, the supply of oil may be graduated as desired. o isastrip of-metal which ishung 'to the cover of thereservoir, and serves asan avitator see li s. 2 and 5 for stiri-in and mixin the inA rediemntscom' osin o g.. .g g ,g Y P g thedubricating liquid, which consists ofoil only, or oil and water in about the proportions of one of the formerto two of the latter, witlra little sal soda added to assist in unitingthem': .The top of this agitator projectsup suiciently above the coverso that it is brought in contact with p ins p projecting from the sideof a'rod or/railing, L, when the reservoir is in motion along the bar'D.M is a steam-pipe for preventing the oil from tlick eniug in lowtemperatures.

Operation. .A strainer being placed in the top of the reservoir, thelubricating substance is poured therein, and onv power being applied `tothe engine the apron A-and reservoir F are set in motion, the speed ofthe former being considerably slower than that ofthe latter to allow theoil to be uniformly distributed through all the fibres yof the wool. .Asthe reservoir (through the connections already' explainedlcommences toI' move', the lower pinion, m, is caused to travel on the-rack I, andthus to drive the upper pinion, l, alternately opening and closing thecocks j k, one of the cocks being constantly open while the other isclosed,- whereby the o il commences to iiow on the starting of thereservoir, and describes a path upon the wool, as indicated by the linesr, as seen finig. 4. When itis required to increase or diminish thesupply of oil from' the tubet', it is simply necessary to opens'l orcontract the passage of the air inthe tube K by operating the cock n.Should sediment temporarily passintoy the passage through the tube z',or its cocks, it will be instantly ground up and removed by therevolution of the cocks; whereas-with the cocks operatediby hand whenthe oil-passage is clogged, considerable time isconsumed in removing theobstruction. By the mechanism above described the regulation of thesupply'and the feed of the oil yis 'rendered' automatic, and the wasteincident' tothe oldm'ethod of operating the cocks 'by-hand i is entirelyavoided. Inthe foregoing' description we have referred to the dog g andthe screw cylinder G in which it engages, as' giving motion tothe ilreservoir; this featurepforms no part of our invention, and we-lay noclaim thereto, an application for letters patent for the same beingabout to be made by the inventor.

Claim.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by- Letters-Patent,is-

Operating the supply cocks of 'awool-oiling apparatus by the travellingmotion of the reservoir, substantially as set forth.

We also claim voperating the cocksj c by tue pinions Z m and rackI,substantially in the manner and for .purpose described. i

`We also claim the pipe K, withits cock, ,for admitting air into theApassage between the coclr'sj k, substantially as set forth.

` We also claim the agitator or mixer o, when operated -by Contact withthepin 1J, projecting from the railing L, for the purpose set forthf- 4I PARKER CL KIRK, l

MICHAEL PENDERGAST. Witn esses:

A Lrn P. CLARK, Jnssn A. Locus.

